In 1945 Germany, following the end of World War II, Leopold Kessler, an American of German descent, is hired by his uncle as a sleeping car conductor on the Zentropa train line. Leopold's wish is to be neutral to the ongoing purges of loyalists by Allied forces and do what he can to help a hurting country, but ultimately finds himself being used by both sides.

• Gérard Mital Productions
• Nordisk Film Denmark
• Jean-Marc Barr
• Barbara Sukowa
• Udo Kier
• Ernst-Hugo Järegård
• Erik Mørk
• Jørgen Reenberg
• Henning Jensen
• Eddie Constantine